Greenville’s City Hall building, located at 206 S. Main St., will be demolished to make room for a new, mixed-use facility. The City of Greenville plans to retain ownership of five to six stories + will invest $10 million in the project.
At a City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 23, a “non-binding Letter of Intent” with real estate development company M Peters Group was unanimously approved, and a formal letter will come later.
The M Peters Group was chosen to redevelop the City Hall building in 2023, and essentially spruce up the ~50 year old building, but the group said it made more financial sense to demolish the building. Renovations were estimated at ~$6 million.
The news came shortly after an announcement that the Bowater Building — the potential site of the new City Hall — is for sale. Several city departments are already planning a move to the Public Safety Complex on Halton Road, but city officials hoped to acquire the first two floors of the space.
The mayor isn’t too mad about it, though. Mayor Knox White said “it was always the dream to keep City Hall on Main Street.”
City officials hope the building will be complete within two or three years, and Mayor White told The Greenville Journal, “We want this to be a truly beautiful building and a signature building for downtown.”
